Only Love

Michael Peach

Life is a mystery – that’s for sure,
And only love can close the gap
Between the surface and the core,
The callous bark and vital sap.

Jerusalem
16 December 1997

Empathic humour is a marvellous way To turn a rabid

Thank God I could a kindred spirit meet, When stalked

If I again could walk, For peace I’d use my

The milk and cream of human kindness ease The bullish

Despite the ATVs and motorbikes That shake my fragile balance

Like all the kindest men’s in history, Will’s anima was